The Future of the Paper
Map: The USGS Perspective,
Dr. Stanley Ponce,
Senior Advisor for Partnerships and External Coordination, National
Geospatial Programs Office.

Abstract: This presentation will provide a brief overview of the history of
the development and production of the traditional USGS topographic map. Over
the last several years, the USGS Topographic Mapping Programs have moved
from a role of data producer to one of data provider utilizing state of the
art information technology and web-based services. Most recently, the
Director of the USGS established the National Geospatial Programs Office (NGPO)
to provide leadership in developing a unified approach to advancing the
National Geospatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). In collaboration with the
geospatial community at large, including federal, state, tribal, local, and
private sector interests, the NGPO has been working to transform processes
necessary to implement key components of the NSDI, including a revitalized
suite of applications, products, and services. The strategic directions of
this new and innovative office will be discussed with emphasis on its impact
on mapping products of the future.

Stan Ponce
serves as a Senior Advisor for Partnerships and External Coordination with
the U.S. Geological Survey. Much of his work currently supports the newly
established National Geospatial Program Office (NGPO). In this capacity, he
provides leadership and develops policy and guidance for partnership
activities within the NGPO, and oversees the activities of partnership
liaisons at the field, regional and headquarters levels. Before joining USGS
he worked for other agencies in the Department of Interior, Bureau of
Reclamation and National Park Service and as an Assistant Professor of Earth
Resources at Colorado
StateUniversity.

Abstract:
Over the past dozen years three significant events have greatly affected the
independent map retailer. The advent of the super bookstores in the early
1990’s; the explosion of the internet and online retailers such as
Amazon.com; and 9/11 and the precipitous drop of overseas travel forced map
stores to rapidly adapt or to go out of business. The advent of digital
mapping and various digital products is forcing the remaining independent
map stores to re-evaluate their business plan, from their product mix to
store location and their sales methods. Each store must answer the question
– “is there a future for paper maps and if so, how will they be delivered to
the customer?”

Russell Guy
was born and raised in the San
FranciscoBay
area. He attended UC Santa Barbara, where he received a BS in Geology, and
Virginia Tech, where he received an MS in Geology. He served as Curator of
the Geology
Museum at Virginia Tech for three years. Since
1982, he has been working for Omni Resources (formerly Geoscience Resources,
a geoscience consulting and supply company). Omni Resources started selling
maps in 1988. This has become their sole business. Russell has visited
approximately 45 countries on map-buying trips. He served as President of
the International Map Trade Association in 1996 and is currently
Vice-President and co-owner of Omni Resources.

Role of the Paper Map in
Libraries,David C. McQuillan, Map Librarian, Thomas Cooper Library,
University of South Carolina.

Abstract:
This presentation on the Role of the Paper Map in Libraries
will report on the findings of the IFLA Workshop on Paper Maps, held at the
Library of Congress on
May 11, 2005. It will include the latest information on the
current state of paper map collections in libraries and institutions of
various sizes. Factors such as user needs, space requirements, staffing,
equipment, processing, preservation, and new acquisitions will be discussed.
Feedback will be sought for a forthcoming IFLA publication on standards for
paper maps in libraries.

David McQuillan
is Map Librarian in the Thomas Cooper Library at the
University of South Carolina
in Columbia,
SC, a position that he has held since 1975. Prior to
that, he served as Map Curator in the Department of Geography at the
University of South Carolina
for two years. He also worked in that collection for four years as a
Graduate Assistant and as a Student Assistant in the Geography Department
Map Collection at the
University of Southern Mississippi.
He is currently the Chair and Treasurer of the Geography and Maps Section of
the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA).

Can Librarians make a Difference in the
Geoworld? The Story of INSIDE Idaho,Lily Wai INSIDE Idaho
Administrator and Bruce Godfrey, GIS Specialist,
University of
Idaho.

Abstract:
INSIDE Idaho is a digital geospatial and
statistical data clearinghouse for the state of
Idaho. It was developed with funding from a 3-year
Congressionally appropriated National Leadership Grant from the
Institute of
Museum and Library Services
(1999-2001), several USGS FGDC “Don’t Duck Metadata” CAP grants and other
funds. Data sharing from state agencies since 2000 has made INSIDE
Idaho what it is today. Over 1 million dollars has
been invested in this project. INSIDE
Idaho draws on existing public domain geospatial and
numeric data created and distributed by government agencies and local
government. Rural states such as
Idaho have never been very well served by individual
libraries or GIS agencies. This centralized one-stop clearinghouse for
Idaho has put the state on par with the rest of the
nation. Data can be easily accessed and shared across federal, state, and
local political jurisdictions.

Lily Wai
is Professor and INSIDE Idaho Administrator for the Library at the
University of Idaho.
She holds a B.A in History from
Tunghai University,
Taiwan, an M.L.S. in Library Science from the
University of
Illinois, Urbana,
IL and an M.A. in History from the
University of Idaho.
Her major outreach program at the
University of
Idaho has been the development of INSIDE
Idaho; a digital geospatial and statistical data clearinghouse
which was developed with funding from the
Institute of Museum
and Library Services (1999-2001) and several USGS CAP grants. She also
compiled the electronic version of the 4th edition of the Idaho
Statistical Abstract in 1995. She is also Head of the Regional Depository
Library for the state of Idaho.

Bruce Godfrey
is the GIS Specialist at the
University of Idaho Library.
His primary responsibility is the day-to-day management of INSIDE
Idaho, the Geospatial Data Clearinghouse for
Idaho. Mr. Godfrey received a BS degree from the
University of Virginia
and an MS degree from the
University of Idaho.
Since 1999, he has been involved with designing, developing, and
implementing applications that facilitate the discovery and use of
geospatial data for Idaho.

Abstract:
Creating a collection development policy for maps and geospatial data is
very challenging work for librarians. Geographic data and information are
used by various disciplines and acquiring and purchasing them is not an easy
task. This presentation will share how
PrincetonUniversity
developed and implemented our geospatial information collection policy.

Tsering Wangyal Shawa
is the Geographic Information Systems Librarian at
PrincetonUniversity.
In this role, Mr. Shawa is responsible for the design, launch, and
management of an automated digital cartographic and geospatial information
service in a campus-wide networked environment. He has experience in
geospatial data selection, software and hardware and holds degrees in
library science, education, geography, and cartography. He is an active
member of the American Library Association Map and Geography Round Table
(ALA MAGERT), and will be MAGERT Chair in 2005-2006. Currently, he is the
chair of the GeoTech Committee of ALA MAGERT, and is one of two MAGERT
representatives to CUAC. He served on the National Research Council
committee on data licensing and the FGDC’s Homeland Security Working Group.
He was recently named a committee member of the New Jersey Geospatial Data
Sharing and Security Task Force. He was born in
Tibet and has lived and taught geography and
cartography in India,
Nepal,
Kenya, and
Sudan.

Abstract:
The University of California-Stanford Map Libraries Group has worked
collaboratively over the years on collection development, interlibrary loan,
and reference. Access to materials has increased for all of the libraries
due to collaborative purchasing of expensive items such as Landsat imagery
and digital orthophotography. The group is now exploring the possibility of
large-scale scanning initiatives for California USGS topographic maps and
early Sanborn maps of the state. This talk will present a brief history of
the group and its current scanning efforts.

Julie Sweetkind-Singer
is the Head of the Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections at
StanfordUniversity. Her subject
specialization and responsibilities are for the GIS & Map Collections. She
managed the digitization of the Stanford Geological Survey maps and field
notebook collection with funding from Stanford, the
School of Earth Sciences,
and an LSTA grant. She is presently Stanford's project leader for the
National Geospatial Digital Archive, which is part of the national
initiative, known as NDIIPP, funded by the Library of Congress.

Abstract:
Mr. Chadduck will present an update of developments in the National Archives
and Records Administration's Electronic Records Archives Program. He will
also present a synopsis of recent technical findings and results from ERA
Program supported research specifically applicable to geospatial electronic
records collections.

Robert Chadduck
serves as director of research activities for the National Archives and
Records Administration’s Electronic Records Archives Program. Prior
NARA assignments include service as a principal
analyst for technical issues related to electronic records collections of
the President, Congress, Judiciary and Federal agencies. Before joining the
National Archives, he served as a systems analyst for the U.S. Navy. Mr.
Chadduck’s early career experience includes service as an oceanographer
contributing to the development of tidal hydrodynamic models of the
Chesapeake Bay. Mr. Chadduck currently serves on the program
committee for the IEEE/NASA Goddard Conference on Mass Storage Systems and
Technologies, and the executive committee of the IEEE Computer Society Task
Force on Information Assurance. Mr. Chadduck holds masters of science
degrees in information systems and in environmental biology from
GeorgeMasonUniversity.

Abstract:
Maps have been distributed to Libraries through the Federal Depository
Library Program since the program began. In recent years, Congress has
directed that publications should be made available digitally (online),
although some exceptions to this policy exist. This talk will discuss:

·Plans for
digital spatial data in the Depository Library Program including versioning,
authentication and preservation of data.

These plans may require changes in library services and equipment. The
Federal Depository Library Program standards for library services and
equipment will also be discussed.

Judy Russell
is the 22nd Superintendent of Documents of the
United States, the first woman to hold the
post. She has served in other positions at the Government Printing Office:
Director of the Office of Electronic Information Dissemination Services and
Federal Depository Library Program, Director of the Office of Electronic
Information Services (EIDS), where she helped establish GPO Access, and
Director of the Federal Depository Library Program. She led the development
of GPO's 1996 Report to the Congress, Study to Identify
Measures Necessary for a Successful Transition to a More Electronic Federal
Depository Library Program. She has also served as Deputy Director
of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS), the
Federal agency that advises the President and Congress on the information
needs of the American people. Prior to working at GPO, she worked at the
COMSAT Laboratories, the Program of Policy Studies in Science and Technology
at The George Washington University, and the Office of Technology
Assessment. She is a graduate of The Catholic University of America,
Washington, DC, where she received a MS in Library Science and a Cum Laude
graduate of Dunbarton
College of the Holy Cross, where she received a
Bachelor of Arts.

Abstract:
Information on the work to archive spatial data at the U.S. Geological
Survey's
NationalCenter for Earth Resources
Observation and Science will be presented. The presentation will also
discuss implementation of a records management lifecycle. The talk will
address specific elements of archiving including records appraisal,
accession, access, preservation, disposition and advocacy.

John Faundeen
has a BA in Geography from Saint CloudState
University and an MS from
South DakotaState
University. Beginning in 1995, John worked as a
contractor in the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS)
NationalCenter
for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Customer Services and
Information Systems Management areas, responding to and developing systems
for Earth observation data users. He joined the USGS in 1998 as the Chief of
Data Management at EROS, where he developed archive management and
information systems. In 2001 he became the Archivist for EROS overseeing the
management of the remotely sensed and cartographic science collections,
where he sees that records appraisal, accession, arrangement & description,
access & reference, preservation, disposition and advocacy are
professionally carried out to ensure that the records created or acquired by
the USGS are preserved for generations to come. In 2004 he served as the
Acting USGS’s Records Officer overseeing records management activities from
a Bureau perspective. He has published over 30 papers and articles on topics
involving information systems, archiving and records management. Mr.
Faundeen is currently serving as the Chair of the international Committee on
Earth Observation Satellites Working Group on Information Systems and
Services.

Friday, May 13, 2005

The Role of GIS in
Libraries for Geographic Information Management,Clint Brown, Director, Software Products, Environmental Systems
Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)

Abstract:
GIS use continues to grow and the subsequent collection and use of
geographic information is expanding at astounding rates. Close to 200,000
organizations are now using GIS daily and this growth is expected to
continue. Access to critical information represents one of the key
challenges facing this community – not only gaining access to current
geographic information, but also to historic collections which are
increasingly becoming relevant in GIS use. One particular challenge is the
cataloging, warehousing, archiving, and sharing of these important
information assets. The goal of this presentation is to present some of the
key trends and concepts that affect how geographic information will be
accessed and shared. Key topics to be discussed include:

·Essential
elements of geographic information. It’s more than the datasets and
measurement collections.

Clint Brown
has been responsible for managing all ESRI product releases since he joined
ESRI in 1983. This includes product releases for ArcInfo, PC ArcInfo,
ArcView, ArcSDE, ArcCAD, MapObjects, ArcGIS, ArcIMS, ArcPad, and other ESRI
software. He is also responsible for product design, development and release
of quality products. At ESRI, he manages a division of GIS analysts,
programmers, writers, and test analysts who design, build, document,
release, and maintain ESRI software. He has authored several books, white
papers, and presentations on GIS, including significant contributions on
many ESRI Press books, ArcNews, ESRI Training, and software user guides.
Before working for ESRI, Clint worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
in Anchorage, Alaska
and Fort Collins,
Colorado, overseeing use of GIS in National Wildlife
Refuges and using GIS to monitor environmental impacts on fish and wildlife.
He helped develop the Habitat Evaluation Procedures (HEP) used throughout
the Service. He holds a M.S. in Statistics and Computer Science from
TexasA&MUniversity, College
Station, Texas (1978) and a B.S.
in Economics and Statistics from Southern Methodist University,
Dallas, Texas
(1975). He has also done Post-Graduate course work in Ecosystems Modeling at
ColoradoState
University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1979-1980.

Future Directions for
Geolibraries,
Michael Goodchild, University of California-Santa Barbara.

Abstract:
Heavy investments have been made over the past decade in geolibraries,
remotely accessible cartographic information collections, geospatial
clearinghouses, and geoportals. For several reasons the potential of such
resources has not yet been realized: guidance in navigating the complex
distribution of resources is still largely absent; few systems have
progressed beyond the traditional roles of gatekeeping and circulation; and
there has been little success at integrating such resources with other
geospatial services. The presentation sketches a vision for a future in
which many of these issues have been resolved.

Michael F.
Goodchild is
Professor of Geography at the University
of California,
Santa Barbara, where he teaches GIS courses related
to retailing, technical issues related to GIS, a GIS seminar course and GIS
applications. He served as Director and Chair of the Executive Committee of
the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA) from
1991 to 1997; Associate Director of the Alexandria Digital Library Project;
and Director of NCGIA’s Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science. He
holds a BA degree in Physics from CambridgeUniversity and a PhD in Geography from
McMasterUniversity. He worked at
the University of
Western Ontario, including three years as Chair, for
nineteen years, before moving to
Santa Barbara in 1988. He was elected a member of the
National Academy of Sciences and Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society of
Canada in 2002. He served as Chair of the National Research Council’s
Mapping Science Committee from 1997 to 1999 and a member of NRC's Commission
on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, and is currently a
member of NRC's Geographic Science Committee. In 2001 he received a Lifetime
Achievement Award from Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. He has
served as editor of the journal Geographical Analysis and
serves on the editorial boards of ten other journals and book series. In
2000 he was appointed Editor of the Methods, Models, and Geographic
Information Sciences section of the Annals of the Association of
American Geographers. He has published numerous books and articles
related to geographic information systems and GIS data. His current research
interests center on geographic information science, spatial analysis, the
future of the library, and uncertainty in geographic data.

National Geographic: From
Paper to Digital to Distributed Mapping,Allen Carroll, National Geographic Society.

Abstract:
Cartography at National Geographic has been transformed by rapidly changing
technologies and an even faster-evolving marketplace. GIS, imagery, and
desktop graphics have changed the process of making maps, but the greater
and more exciting implications lie at the opposite end: How maps and spatial
information are, and will be, disseminated.

Allen Carroll
is chief cartographer and executive vice president of National Geographic
Maps. As chief cartographer, he supervises the editorial and creative
efforts of the Society’s map division, including the supplement maps
published in National Geographic magazine, the
Eighth Edition Atlas of the World, National
Geographic’s wall maps and globes, and the National
Geographic Map Machine, an innovative world atlas on the Internet.
He has been an employee of the National Geographic Society for twenty-one
years, serving in a variety of positions in the map division and the art
department of National Geographic magazine. As managing
director of National Geographic Maps from 1995 through 1998, he presided
over the shift of the unit from a division of the Magazine to the Society’s
new taxable subsidiary, National Geographic Ventures. During this time, NG
Maps expanded from its traditional role as service provider to the magazine
and book divisions of the Society to a publisher and distributor of map
products. With partnerships and acquisitions, the group extended its product
lines to include road atlases, road maps, and outdoor recreation maps. From
1991 to 1995 Carroll was art director of National
Geographic magazine, producing historical, scientific, and
informational artwork, and leading an effort to establish a corporate
identity for the Society. He received two gold medals from the Society of
Illustrators for his work during this period. Before joining the Society in
1983, Carroll was a free-lance illustrator and designer in
Washington, serving clients such as The Washington Post,
Smithsonian Institution, Readers Digest, The New Republic, the American Film
Institute, and Johns
HopkinsUniversity. Self-trained in
design, illustration, and cartography, Carroll is a magna cum laude graduate
of
Connecticut
College, and was born and raised in
Indianapolis, Indiana.

Licensing
Geographic Data and Services: Vision for a National Commons and Marketplace,Harlan Onsrud, University of Maine at Orono & Chair, National
Research Council Study on the Licensing of Spatial Data and Services.

Abstract:
Geographic data are used in all sectors of society to support a huge range
of applications, ranging from emergency response to scientific studies and
from land use planning to location-based services. In the past, government
agencies typically acquired ownership of such data from private-sector and
other data producers and distributed these data without restriction.
Licensing--whereby the producer may restrict redistribution--has emerged as
an alternative business model that government agencies must now consider
among a suite of procurement options. Confusion and uncertainty have arisen
as a result of (1) a proliferation of nonstandard licensing arrangements;
(2) difficulty in designing licenses that track legal, economic, and public
interest concerns of different levels of government; (3) difficulty in
designing licenses that accommodate all sectors of the geographic data
community; (4) an imperfect appreciation for the licensing perspectives of
different sectors of the geographic data community; and (5) lack of
effective license tracking and enforcement mechanisms. Given the confusion
surrounding licensing, the National Academies, at the request of FEMA, GPO,
NOAA,
U.S. Census
Bureau, and USGS, convened the Committee on Licensing Geographic Data and
Services. The committee's report was released in August 2004 and is
available at http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11079.html

The report
highlights licensing perspectives and experiences of major stakeholder
groups and examines the pros and cons of licensing. It concludes that
licensing may be a viable option in some instances and advises agencies on
how to best serve societal interests. Among the report recommendations is
that federal agencies should investigate options for building a
NationalCommons
and Marketplace in Geographic Information. The recommended National Commons
envisions a federated approach in documenting, tracking and archiving any
data with a location element across and among disciplinary domains. The
approach would substantially benefit interdisciplinary science. Significant
research and development challenges must be addressed to achieve the vision.

Dr. Harlan J.
Onsrud
is Professor in the Department of Spatial Information Science and
Engineering at the University
of
Maine. He is president of
theGlobal Spatial Data Infrastructure Association
(GSDI), past-president of theUniversity Consortium for
Geographic Information Science (UCGIS), and past Chair of theU.S. National Committee on Data for Science and Technology
(CODATA) of the National Research Council. He recently chaired a U.S.
National Research Council Study on theLicensing of
Spatial Data and Services and currently serves on another NRC study
committee exploringConfidentiality Issues Arising from
the Integration of Remotely Sensed Data with Social Science Data.
Professor Onsrud's research focuses on the analysis of legal, ethical, and
institutional issues affecting the creation and use of digital databases and
the assessment of the social impacts of spatial technologies.

The Idea of Discovery:
Planning and Implementing Access to Geospatial Data at Harvard,
Tim Strawn,
HarvardUniversity.

Abstract:
The Harvard Geospatial Library is a searchable repository of geospatial data
that is dependent on its catalog, or metadata records, for locating and
evaluating data held in the collection. Rather than producing metadata that
is ancillary to the data, searching our collection is predicated on the
metadata record for each item. The HGL is designed to address two issues,
one a problem, the other a prospect, for digital geospatial data
collections. The problem: Locating and assessing data with some degree of
efficiency. The prospect: Building a comprehensive geo-library, based on
traditional library principles of: search and retrieval; viewing and
evaluating; and data utilization.

This
talk will focus first on some broader issues with which we are confronted
when organizing this data for access. Practical considerations for both
traditional cataloging and metadata production will also be discussed.

Tim Strawn
is the Geospatial Resources Cataloger with the Harvard Geospatial Library He
also serves as amember of the Steering
Committee and Implementation Team for this collection, which was started in
2001. He received his B.A. in Physical Geography from the
University of California,
Santa Barbara and his M.S.L.I.S. from
SimmonsCollege in
Boston. Tim will be moving to
Austin, Texas next month to
begin his new position as Head of Cataloging & Metadata Services with the
University of
Texas Libraries.

Technology Transfer became a mission of all federal laboratories in the mid
1980’s. It arose out of national concerns that the
United States was losing its science and
technology edge to the Russians, Japanese and government subsidized European
industry. The legislation focused on assisting
US industry in leveraging the billions then
being spent on government research. This overview will focus on major
developments in the legislation; the Federal Laboratory Consortium and how
to access technology at federal labs; and discuss several of the USGS
efforts to develop Geospatial Information using technology transfer
mechanisms. It will examine some of the special issues connected with
“informational” products – and some of the technology partnerships that have
developed in the private sector out of USGS Technology Transfer.

Julia M. Giller
is an attorney who has worked in the Technology Transfer and licensing area
since 1991. From 1999-2002 she served as Program Manager for the Technology
Transfer Office at USGS, and as a member of the Federal Laboratory
Consortium Board, and the Middle-Atlantic Regional Representative. In 2002
she moved to the National Mapping Program, as Gulf Coast Liaison for a
four-state area which included Florida,
Georgia, Mississippi,
Alabama and the Caribbean. In
that capacity she worked with a variety of state, local, regional and
federal sector partners to develop science partnerships, identify funding
and write grants. Her prior legal experience includes twenty-plus years in a
variety of industries (gas & oil, transportation, wholesale grocery, and for
a medical device manufacturer) and four years with the Department of Energy
(DOE) in the Technology Transfer Program at Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory. Ms. Giller received her law degree from Detroit College of Law
(now part Michigan State University) and
attended Wayne
StateUniversity,
where she majored in Journalism.